Justice Denied [Paperback]

Robert K. Tanenbaum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1995

Homicide Bureau Chief Butch Karp and his dedicated A.D.A. wife, Marlene Ciampi have their hands full in a city of political terrorism, paid assassins, muggers, shysters, and a Mafia muscle man. Reprint.

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From Publishers Weekly

An Armenian radical is accused of murdering a Turkish diplomat as a New York City homicide chief and his wife try to find the real culprits.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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During World War I, 1.5 million Armenians were annihilated by the Turks. Turkey has never acknowledged this genocide, and history lightly dances around it. Herein lies the premise of Justice Denied. The tale begins with the assassination of a Turkish diplomat-apparently committed by Armenian terrorists-and the prompt arrest of a suspect. Enter Butch Karp, assistant district attorney and head of the homicide bureau. Karp and wife Marlene, also an assistant D.A., make a most dynamic duo. Among the individual threads: she goes to a reception and receives a lecture on art theft; he discovers a million dollars in a safe deposit box; he gets a lesson on Eastern European history and the buying and selling of national treasures. These threads are tightly woven together into a highly satisfying tale ultimately related to the novel's opening events. Larger public libraries may want more than one copy.
--Dawn L. Anderson, North Richland Hills P.L., Tex.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Signet (August 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451184890
• ISBN-13: 978-0451184894
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #869,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert K. Tanenbaum is one of the country's most successful trial lawyers -- he has never lost a felony case. He has been homicide bureau chief for the New York District Attorney's Office and deputy chief counsel to the congressional committee investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most recently, he has taught Advanced Criminal Procedure atthe University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. His previous works include the novels Escape, Malice, Fury, Hoax, Resolved, Enemy Within, and Absolute Rage and two true-crime books, The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer and Badge of the Assassin.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Butch Karp solves a murder and art fraud., April 5, 1999

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This review is from: Justice Denied (Paperback)

This was a real page-turning crime novel. Assistant District Attorney Butch Karp prosecutes an accused murderer after having surgery on his knee. His wife Marlene solves a case of art fraud. Their child Lucy is saved from danger by detective Harry Bello. Another great novel in the Karp series!

1.0 out of 5 stars what a lousy horrible novel, January 19, 2012

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This review is from: Justice Denied (Paperback)

the way that this writer wrote this novel is absolutely a joke to me. since page 1, the tone of the storyline is like somebody is joking about a street assassination. the cops who responded to the murder, just like the author himself, did the same inhumanely jokes on the scene. making jokes, chewing gums, chain smoking, they didn't look like any qualified nypd policemen. none of them read believable and all of them disgusting. the two detectives who got the case just read like a couple of jerks. they approached the suspect, the person of interest, never made me believe that they would be qualified for detectives. the way they asked the questions never rang a bell like well experienced cops. they just changed looks to eye each other. they asked the suspicious on-scene vehicle, but never asked right away to force the suspect to take them to look at at the car...on and on, there are just so many lousy and careless writing to set the pace and the right tempo for a legal thriller. it's so amateurish and so mindless.

the only thing that i felt glad was: this is the first book i've tried out on this writer. it only took me 30 pages to decide this is a lousy writer i'd never approach again. when you could read all of michael connelly's books and finished them and craved for more, and then, you couldn't read over 30 pages of this writer's first book when i tried, it only proved how bad this writer is.

no star or minus 10 stars is what this writer deserved.

5.0 out of 5 stars Office politics, an injury, day care issues...., November 22, 2004

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This review is from: Justice Denied (Paperback)

...and a host of other problems all come together to give the reader a good feel for the complicated and haphazard behind-the-scenes activities that sometimes combine to make our legal system work in a less-than-perfect manner. Not to worry, though - our (usually) fearless protagonists come together to solve a complicated case and we also get a taste of less-than-satisfying, but highly pragmatic philosophy from the lawyers involved (how can they defend the obviously guilty, is this jail time actually going to solve anything for this defendant, etc.)

The characters and the cases are interesting. Well-written.